Thursday, November 29, 2012

It's good to be the king, the sultan, the....


Research credit: Baleha

I know, I know, the Almaza ad is supposed to be referencing the Turkish soap opera Harem el Sultan which is all the rage right now (Mohannad.. who?). But, our friends at Baleha saw an uncanny similarity with other ads... Including one Heineken which happens to own the Almaza brasserie? So, did they or didn't they?

4 comments:

Elie said...

Bud and Heineken have a reversed cap that looks like a crown.
Almaza just crowned the bottle, I say no theft.

Tarek Chemaly said...

Thanks Elie, it was interesting to see if it was or it wasn't....

Anonymous said...

My nomination for worst ad of the year.

Tarek Chemaly said...

Well, mind you I stopped reviewing the Almaza ads because they were so lame - so this was more in the line of copycat/no copycat as opposed to reviewing the ad!